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Question: Okay, I need a real state with a real town and some good character names! Plz!?
Kay, I have started a story (whoa, de ja vu, I know) but I really need some quick answers about a town that you might know a lot about!. Here are some things I need:
Name of town and state
Town should be small, but has a certain charm
Names of local restraunts, hangouts, etc!.
Names of bigger towns around it and smaller ones!.
Attractions ( ex!. lakes, ponds, oceans, parks, etc!.)
Anything else that makes the town unique
Weather
Climate
People
etc!.
I also need some good character names for girls and guys!. Thanks SOOO much! 10 points are coming your way!
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
First of all you should use a town and state that YOU know because, you can write this whole story about this town/place and have no idea what it is REALLY like and how people REALLY live!. You may completely misrepresent the town!.
But I'll help you out, but you must give me credit some how (like that'll ever happen)
State: Utah
Town: Moab (population aprox 7,000)
Characteristics: Mountain Biking Capitol of the world, 4-wheeling capitol of the world!. Home to Arches National Park, and Canyonlands National park!.
Nearest River: The Colorado River (it runs through the north of town)
Nearest Towns: Monticello, UT (pronounced Mon-ti-sellow) (60 Miles away, 1 hour drive from Moab, Smaller town)!.
Green River, UT (60 miles away 1 hour drive Smaller town)!.
Nearest City: Grand Junction Colorado!.
Local Restraunts: My personal favorite: "The Moab Diner", Slickrock Caffe, Jail House Caffe (only open for breakfast), Moab Brewery, Sunset Grill (please google images to get an idea for this restaurant - slightly expensive thus I've never been there), Banditos Burritos, La Hacienda!. And there are many many other resteruants but those are the more "local" ones which are locally owned!.
Hangouts: The sand dunes, slickrock bike trail, Rotary park, the skate park, the pool (in summer) various spots along Mill Creek, and the Mill Creek Pathway, The lakes in the mountains!.
Attractions: The Slick Rock Bike Trail, the slickrock in general, river rafting, many other things!.!.!.google it!.
Weather: Arid, mid-high desert!. Day time highs in the winter usually are around 32 degrees, Spring is always pleasant with occasional rain showers, Summer it super hot with daytime highs reaching into 103-110 degree ranges!. Hot dry heat!. Almost not safe to go out in sometimes!. Hanging out in the summer often takes place in doors or in the late evening and night because it's too hot all day to do anything anyways!.
Fall is my favorite time of year there, very much like the spring but more stable weather with day time highs between 60-70 degrees and as fall progresses into november the highs slowly make there way into the 50s and then into wintertime temps by december 1st!.
October tends to be rainy for a desert!.
Google it!.!.!.I think there is a site called demographics!.com or something but idk!.
Religion (very important), around 50% mormon, 10% Christian, %20 far east and asian religions and the rest is more New age or a cross between everything!. And then there are an average amount of atheists!.
Lots of hippies to be found (young and old)!.
The Middle School's name is the Grand County Middle School, along with the high school's being the Grand County High School!.
The Middle School houses grades 7 and 8, while the high school is (obviously) 9-12!.
For history on the schools, their mascots, their teams and how they've done I recomend going to www!.moabtimes!.comWww@QuestionHome@Com
Honey, do your own research!. That's one of the hardest parts of making a story believable; I know, I have tons and tons of research for my one story!. Hard as it is to do sometimes, it's your job and you need to do it if you want to make your story believable!. Think of it as a favor to your characters, whose names you need to find yourself, or something!.
For names, try this awesome site: http://www!.weddingvendors!.com/baby-names!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Yellow Springs, Ohio!. Near Dayton & Springfield Ohio!. It's the home of Antioch College, near Glen Helen Nature Preserve!.
The high school is Yellow Springs High School!.
The middle school is Mills Lawn!.
This first website will answer all of your other questions:
http://www!.yellowspringsohio!.org/index!.h!.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Yellow_Spri!.!.!.
girls names:
Madeline
Maya
Kylie
Layla
boys names:
Angel
Jack
Kevin
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Babylon, NY!. Population approx 12000!. Upper middle class, on the south shore of Long Island!. A nautical community much of which is on the Great South Bay, and is about 10 minutes away from Atlantic Ocean beaches such as Jones Beach, Gilgo Beach, and Robert Moses!.
Attractions in Babylon Village- Argyle park, based around Argyle lake!. Southard's Pond!. The beach, surfing, sunbathing, fishing are big parts of many of the resident's lives!.
Downtown area has an old fashioned charm and every holiday season there is an "Old fashioned night of shopping" where the shops are open late and Santa comes through town and the stores give out hot chocolate and eggnog!.
Restaurants- Gino's Pizza, Post office cafe, Babylon Carriage House, Trisha's Cafe, Shiki Japanese Restaurant, Sakura Japanese Restaurant, Rising Dragon (Chinese)
Schools in Babylon- Babylon Elementary School- Grades K-2
Babylon Memorial Grade School- Grades 3-6
Babylon Junior/Senior High school- Grades 7-12
Important people- Mayor: Ralph Scordino!. Superintendant of schools: Ellen Best-Laimit
Kids hang out at Sweet Sensations (Ice cream shop), Clearview movie theater, South Bay Movie theater (technically in w!. babylon but alot of bab!. kids hang there), the "bad " kids to go to "the Dumps" to smoke weed!.
Main Street in Babylon is AKA Montauk Highway!. Another important road in the 'downtown' area is Deep Park Avenue!.
Neighboring towns that are bigger-West Islip, West Babylon, North Babylon, Lindenhurst, Bayshore!. First 3 towns I listed actually border Babylon, others are near by!.
Babylon is really a great town to write about if you want to write about a small charming town with many larger towns around it!.
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Chepachet Rhode Island!. Two populare restuarants are, The Purple Cat and Tavern on the Main!. It was orginally a mill town from the Chepachet River!. It is a district inside of Glocester!. Chepachet, Harmony and West Glocester make up Glocester!. Foster (a neigboring townt) joined with Glocester to share a school system!. Glocester is near Smithfield as well as close to CT's border!. Ponaganset High school as well as Middle school!. The middle school have 6-8 and the high has 9-12!. There are many lakes, Keech Pond, Smythe and Sails!. We are known in the state for the most snow and school delays!. (No School Foster/Glocester)!. There are lots of antique shops but not get ones!.
For names, i would try behindthename!.com!. It gives you names and their meanings with backgrounds!. Hope that helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com